The possible influence of a nonconventional el niño on the severe autumn drought of 2009 in southwest china

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8392-8405

  Zhang, Wenjun ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^b   Zhao, Jing Xia ^b   Qi, Li ^a   Ren, Hong Li ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Atmospheric circulation; El Nino; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTUMN RAINFALL; COMBINED EFFECT; EL NINO; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES;

DROUGHT; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; STORMS;

NICKEL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTUMN; DROUGHT; EL NINO; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEVERE WEATHER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84886260003     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00851.1     Document Type: Article

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